It has influenced Star Wars and Game of Thrones – and characters as diverse as Voltaire, Nietzsche and Freddie Mercury have cited it as an inspiration. So what is Zoroastrianism?

But Zoroastrianism, once a major religion considered by some experts to be the first monotheistic faith, is in danger of extinction with an estimated 160,000 adherents across the globe.

Malcolm Deboo, President of the Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe, the oldest Zoroastrian organisation on the continent, and Yuhan Vevaina, professor of Sasanian Studies at Oxford University.

As perhaps the oldest, though smallest, monotheistic world religion, Zoroastrianism’s patriarchy also influenced Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Women were second-class citizens and frozen out ...

The festival is rooted in Zoroastrianism, a religion practised in ancient Persia that predates Christianity and Islam.

Malcolm Deboo, President of the Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe, the oldest Zoroastrian organisation on the continent, and Yuhan Vevaina, professor of Sasanian Studies at Oxford University.

For Zoroastrianism to survive in Houston and elsewhere, Mahtub Dastur and her Gen Z panelists said it was necessary to teach members and non-members alike about their religion and dispel rumors ...

Zoroastrianism is a religion associated with Persia (modern Iran). Today, there is a small number of Zoroastrians in Iran and a larger number in India. They also live around the world and are ...

Heard of Zoroastrianism? The ancient religion still has fervent followers Once the faith of millions, a small but devoted number of adherents in Asia and North America keep the flame of faith burning.

World Zoroastrian Youth Leaders Forum youth leader Fravash Chothia after the Jashan, or blessing, prayer ceremony, which was livestreamed to the broader Zoroastrian public on May 26, 2024, in ...